Combined mop and scrubbing-brush.



J. 0. BEAZLEY. COMBINED MOP AND SGRUBBING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE Z6', 1909.

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JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY, OF BALTIIIIORE, lVARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRUSH MOP WRINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, TJ'IARYLAND, A CORPORA- TION OF MARYLAND.

COMBINED MOP AND SCRUBBINGr-BRUSH.

T o all whom it' 'may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltii'nore, State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Combined Mop and Scrubbing-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combined mop and scrubbing brush.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of combined mops and scrubbing brushes, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character, adapted to enable the operation of wringing a mop cloth to be performed with greater ease and facility than heretofore, and equipped with means for arranging a scrubbing brush either longitudinally or transversely of the device to enable the brush to be arranged for ordinary scrubbing and also to be secured in a projecting position for scrubbing in corners and similar places.

Vilith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing 'from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of a combined mop and brush, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2

is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

the parts being arranged to form a mop. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the parts being arranged for scrubbing. Fig. l is a transverse sectional view on the line 4 11 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the plate, which constitutes the body of the mop head. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view, illustrating the construction of the locking and wringing shaft.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a plate or frame constituting Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. .Tune 2S, 1909.

Serial No. 504,565.

the body of the mop head, and designed to be constructed of suitable material. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the plate l is stamped out of sheet metal for both lightness and cheapness, but it may consist of a casting, as will be readily understood. One of the faces of the plate is flat to form a backing for a mop cloth 2, which may be constructed of any suitable material and which is preferably in the form of a band, stretched to provide a cloth of two thicknesses and to enable its easy attachment to a front supporting loop 3, and a rear loopfll of a wringing shaft 5, located, respectively, at the front and rear ends of the plate l. The plate l is substantially oblong and eX- tends longitudinally of the device, nearly the entire length of the mop.

The front loop is constructed of a single piece of stout wire, rod metal, or similar material, and it is provided with longitudinal arms 6, located at opposite sides of the plate l and having their terminals 7 bent inward, and forming lateral projections, which en gage openings in attaching lugs S, located at opposite sides of the rear portion of the plate and formed integral with the same. The lugs S are bent at substantially right angles to the body portion of the plate, which is also provided at an intermediate point with opposite bracing lugs 9, located at opposite sides of the said plate, and arranged at the outer faces or edges of the arms, and adapted to prevent the same from spreading and becoming accidentally disengaged from the inner or rear attaching lugs S. The arms 6 diverge slightly toward the rear end of the plate, and the bracing lugs 9 are set at a slight angle tol conform to the angle of the arms. The front loop 3 is bent at an angle to the arms to locate its transverse mop cloth-receiving portion close to the plane of the flat face of the plate, so that the mop cloth will presenta continuous flat outer face for engaging the floor, or other surface tobe cleaned. The rear terminals of the arms of the front loop may be readily detached from the lugs 8, when it is desired to connect the front loop with or disconnect it from a mop cloth.

The rear loop 4, which is open at one side, is formed integral with the wringing shaft Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

5, which is constructed of suitable metal. similar to the front loop. The wringing shaft 5, which is provided at its rear end with a handle loop 10, is journaled in bearings 11 and 12 of front and rear alined arms 13 and 14; of a bracket 15, which preferably consists of a casting. The body portion of the bracket 15 consists of a sleeve, fitted on the front end of a handle 16 and provided at opposite sides with front and rear laterally projecting tubular extensions 1T and 18, forming attaching means for resilient connecting rods 19. The sides of the sleeve or body portion of the bracket 15 are preferably open, as shown, and the inner or rear portions of the connecting rods, which are located at, opposite sides of the handle, pass through the front lateralextensions 17 and have laterally bent terminals 20, ar- 'anged in the rear extensions 1S and projecting through side openings 21 thereof.

The shaft 5 has sufficient length to permit a limited longitudinal movement of the same in its bearings 11 and 12 to compensate for the shortening of the mop cloth, when the latter is twisted during the operation of wringing the saine. and the rear supporting arm 1l is provided at the bearing 12 with a plurality of notches or recesses 22, adapted to be engaged by the handle 10 for locking` the shaft against backward movement, when rotating he same to wring the mop. lVhen the shaft is rotated to wring the mop, one hand grasps the handle of the mop and the other the handle of the shaft, and the latter is turned a portion of a revolution and is engaged with the notches to prevent the shaft from rotating backward while the operator is removing his hand from the shaft and regrasping the handle thereof for further rotation of the shaft. rThis will enable the wringing of the mop cloth to be accomplished with great. facility.

The connecting rods have their front or outer terminals 23 bent laterally in opposite directions and engage with openings of ears 24, formed integral with the plate 1, and located at opposite sides thereof at a point intermediate of the ends of the same. The ends 23 of the connecting rods cross and extend beyond the arms of the front loop, so as to operate means for holding the front loop in proper position with relation to the plate. The connecting rods 19 are resilient to enable the laterally projecting terminals 23 to be readily engaged with and disengaged from the ears 24, and the said rods are bentl slightly at an intermediate point at 25 to arrange the handle at the proper angle to the plate. 1 to obviate the necessity of the operator stooping, when using the combined mop and brush.

The handle is adapted to be arranged at 1 and when it is arranged at an obtuse angle to the fiat mop cloth-receiving face of the plate 1, as illustrated in Fig. 2of the drawings, ity is held in such position by an upstanding arm 26, extending between the connecting rods, so as to engage with one or both of the same at the inner sides or faces thereof. 1n the accompanying drawings l have shown the upstanding arm engaged at one side only with the adjacent connecting rod, but it is obvious that it may be made of sufeient width to interlock with both of them. The interlocking of the upstanding arm with one of the rods is preferable, however, as it is suliicient to hold the handle and the plate in proper angular relation. The ar .i 2G is provided at its engaging side with a notch 27 to receive the co-acting connecting rod 19. A plurality of notches 27, however, may be provided to afford an adjustment of the handle, if desired.

lllhen it is desired to arrange the handle 16 of the device at an obtuse angle to the other face of the plate 1. the connecting rod 19 is disengaged from the upstanding arm 2G, and the mop head o1 plate 1 is reversed, and the said connecting rods 19 are engaged with inwardly projecting .lugs 28 of the inner or rear end of the plate 1. r1`he plate 1 is provided at its rear end with opposite longitudinal slots 29, which permit the connecting rods 19 to be engaged with and disengaged from the lugs 2S. The resiliency of the connecting rods will maintain them in engagement with the lugs, when the device is arranged to permit the use of a scrubbing brush 30.

The. scrubbing brush 80, which may be arranged either transversely or longitudinally of the plate 1, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, is secured in its adjustments by means of a transversely disposed clamping jaw 31, and opposite side lugs 32 and 38, the lug 33 being equipped with a clamping screw 3l, mounted in a threaded perforation of the lug The lugs 32 and 33 are formed integral with the plate 1 at opposite sides of the front end thereof, and when the brush is arranged longitudinally of the plate, it is placed between the side lugs 32 and 33 and is clamped by the screw 3l. The side lugs are provided at their inner or rear edges with notches to engage with the brush when the latter arranged transversely of the plate. The head or back of the brush is provided in its edges with a groove which is engaged with the lugs 32 and when the brush is arranged transversely of the plate 1, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The screw 3l also engages the groove at one side of the back of the brush when the latter is arranged longitudinally of the plate 1.

The aw 31 is located in rear of the brush an obt-use angle to either face of the plate 1, l and is engaged with the same, when the latter is arranged either longitudinally or transversely, and it is provided at its front engaging face with projections 37, and it has a reinforcing rib 3S at its rear face. 1t is adjusted toward and from the brush to engage and release the same by means of a longitudinal adjusting screw 39, mounted in openings of alined bearing lugs 40 and 41 and in a bearing opening 42 of the upstanding arm 26. The lug 40 is located at the front end of the plate, and the lug 41 is located at a point intermediate of the ends of the same and formed integral with the said plate, which is also provided with openings, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and of the drawings to lighten the construction. The head of the adjusting screw is located at the rear end of the plate 1 in convenient position for easy manipulation, and it fits against the rear face of the upstanding arm 20. The longitudinal adjusting screw, which is provided at its rear end with al suitable head 43, is also equipped with collars 44 and 45, arranged at the front face of the fro-nt bearing lug 40 and at the rear face of the intermediate bearing lug 41 to hold the screw against longitudinal movement with relation to the plate. The screw 39 is provided between the bearing lugs 40 and 41 with screw threads 46,. which engages a threaded opening 47 of an enlargement 4S of the jaw. Vhen the screw is rotated, the transversely disposed jaw is moved backwardly and forwardly in a direction longitudinally of the plate l, and it is guided and braced in such movement by means of parallel longitudinal flanges 49, formed integral with the plate l and located at opposite sides of the front portion thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 thereof. The side flanges 49 also form a solid support for the back of the brush.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described including a mop head, clamping devices arranged at one of the faces of the mop head for holding a brush, means mounted on the mop head for holding a mop cloth at the other face of the same, a bracket comprising a sleeve and provided with alined arms and having inner and outer laterally projecting tubular extensions, the inner tubular extensions being provided with side openings, a handle secured in the sleeve, rods passing through the tubular extensions and engaging the said openings, said rods being` connected with the mop head and adapted to be arranged at an angle to either face of the same, and a wringing shaft supported by the said arms and provided with means for connecting it with a mop cloth.

2. A device of the class described including a mop head provided with opposite latorally extending lugs, a handle having longitudinal connectin rods hinged to the mop head and adapted to swing with respect thereto to arrange the handle at an angle to either face of the mop head, said rods being arranged to engage detachably with the lugs for securing the handle in one position,` means arranged atone ot' the faces of the mop head for holding a brush, and means mounted on the other face of the mop head for the attachment of a mop cloth.

A device of the class described including a mop head provided with spaced slots and having laterally extending lugs located at the said slots, a handle provided with longitudinal connecting rods hinged to one side of the mop head and arranged to swing into the slots and to project to the other side of the mop head and engaged with the lugs to hold the Ahandle in posit-ion, means arranged at one of the faces of the mop head for holding a brush, and means mounted on the other face of the mop head for theattachment of a mop cloth.

4. A device of the class described including a mop head provided with an upstanding arm having an engaging portion, a handle provided with spaced connecting rods hinged to the mop head and adapted to swing with respect thereto to arrange the handle at an angle to either face of the mop head, one of the rods coperating with the said engaging portion of the upstanding arm to secure the handle in one position of its adjustment, means arranged at one face of the mop head for holding a brush, and means mounted on the other face of the mop head for the attachment of a mop cloth.

5. A device of the class described including a mop head provided with a slot and having a lug at one side of the slot, said mop head being also provided at the opposite side with an upstanding arm having engaging means, a handle having a connecting rod hinged to the mop head at one side thereof and adapted to be arranged at an angle to either face of the same and arranged to engage either the lug or the upstanding arm to secure the handle in its different positions, means arranged at one of the faces of the mop head for holding a brush, and means mounted on the other face of the mop head for the attachment of a mop cloth.

6. A device of the class described including a mop head provided at its front end with brush-engaging lugs and having brushsupporting flanges extending rearwardly therefrom, a clamping jaw movable along the flanges and coperatinowith the said lugs, means for actuating the clamping jaw, a front mop cloth-receiving loop having sides extending beneath the jaw and connected with the head, a handle having rods connected with the head and engaging the arms of the front loop, and a wringing shaft carried by the handle and having means cooperating with the front loop fer holding a mop cloth.

T. device of the class described including a mop head, clamping devices arranged at ene of the faces of the mop head for holding a brush, means mounted on the other face of the mop head for the attachment of a mop clothJ a handle having a connecting rod hinged to the mop head and arranged to swing with respect thereto to set the handle at an obtuse angle to either face of the mop I head, and means mounted on the mop head l for securing the handle in rigid relation with l the mop head.

i In testimony, that I claim the foregoing l as my own, I have hereto alixed my signai ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY.

, Vitnesses:

t JOHN H. Sreenns,

g HOWARD D. 01m. 

